> Their ongoing tire simulation project seems even weirder and as if it was done by people who actively tried to ignore standard approaches for modeling tires.

That makes it much more valuable for me, than simply copying what everyone else is doing.

I already have basically every other sim, purchased on Steam and installed.

I can just jump into them, and for example enjoy AMS2, or LMU, or iRacing tire models instantly.

>I already have basically every other sim, purchased on Steam and installed.

You do not have the "sims" I was talking about, which are the ones used in automotive industries and who are using tire models which are certainly more advanced than what is found in any game.

>I can just jump into them, and for example enjoy AMS2, or LMU, or iRacing tire models instantly.

Which is the difference between a game and engineering software. In a game the tire physics should be fun, in engineering Software they should be accurate.

I want a game like Autoduel (old apple2e game), but 3d with real physics.

That game was like Carwars pen and paper roleplaying.

That closest I've seen was Interstate76 from 1990s.